Scarf having multiple purpose



Nov. 22, 1966 E. w. cALl scH 3,286,276

SCHRF HAVING MULTIPLE PURPOSE Filed Dec. 8, 1964. 2 Sheets-Sheet lINVENTOR ELLIOTT W. CALISCH BY [44; Elm, lLwhfvv ATTORNEYS Nov. 22, 1966E. w. CALISCH 3,286,276

SCARF HAVING MULTIPLE PURPOSE Fiiea Dec. 8, 1964 2 Sheets-Sheet 2INVENTOR ELLIOTT W. CALISCH m w a ATTORNEYS United States Patent3,286,276 SCARF HAVING MULTIPLE PURPOSE Elliott W. Calisch, 1602 BexhillRoad, Richmond, Va. Filed Dec. 8, 1964, Ser. No. 416,793 4 Claims. (Cl.2 91 This invention concerns scarves, mufflers or similar items ofwearing apparel having combined apparel and display purposes. Moreparticularly, it relates to scarves, mufflers, or the like which, inaddition to a usual clothing function, may be used by the wearers atsporting events to create coordinated or synchronized displays in aso-called cheering section in support of the athletic team whichrepresents the group of wearers using the scarves.

A principal object of this invention is provision of improvements inscarves, muffiers or similar articles of wearing apparel. Furtherobjects include:

1) The provision of signal or display devices for use at sporting eventsto create massive coordinated displays in cheering sections.

(2) The provision of flexible display webs which may be employed byteenagers, college students or other persons attending sporting eventssuch as baseball, basketball or football games to create spectaculardisplays as a part of the sporting event, e.g., coordinated displaysfrom the bleachers or stands of a sports arena or in performingso-called snake dances upon the athletic field in conjunction with thesporting event.

(3) The provision of scarves, mufllers or similar apparel items whichwould appeal to wearers of high school and college age because of theutility of the item for a group social activity in addition to theutility of the item for wearing purposes.

Other objects and further scope of applicability of the presentinvention will become apparent from the detailed description givenhereinafter; it should be understood, however, that the detaileddescription and specific examples, while indicating preferredembodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only,since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope ofthe invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from thisdetailed description.

These objects are accomplished according to the present invention by theprovision of a scarf, muffier or similar article which is provided alongone of its longitudinal edges and along one of its transverse edges withfastening means and along the other transverse and longitudinal edgeswith complementary fastening means which enable a plurality of theseparate items to be fastened together as a unit, both along thelongitudinal edges and the transverse edges thereof. A more completeunderstanding of the construction of the new scarves and their manner ofuse may be had by reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of one form of scarf in accordance withthe invention;

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary view of a young lady using a scarf of thepresent invention as an item of wearing apparel;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional side view of complementaryedges of two scarves of the invention about to be joined together byengagement of the complementary edge fastening means of the two scarves;

FIGURE 4 is a plan view on substantially reduced scale showing a largedisplay panel which has been created by fastening together a. pluralityof scarves of the invention along both their longitudinal and transverseedges;

FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary enlarged top view of a modified form of scarfof the invention;

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FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary top view, similar to FIG- URE 4, but of largerscale, showing a panel formed by transverse and longitudinal edgeconnection of a plurality of scarves of the form shown in FIGURE 5;

FIGURE 7 is an enlarged fragmentary top view of still another modifiedform of scarf of the invention; and

FIGURE 8 is a fragmentary top view, similar to FIG- URE 6, of a panelformed by joining together a plurality of scarves of the form shown inFIGURE 7.

Referring in detail to the drawings, and with special reference toFIGURES 1 through 4, the scarf or muffler 2 comprises a rectangularsection 4 of fabric formed with a plurality of transverse sections ofone color 6- and alternating color sections 8. The fabric 4 may be ofwoven, non-woven or knit construction and the alternate colored sections6 and 8 may be created by weaving or knitting the sections alternatelyinto the fabric by known weaving or knitting techniques or, particularlyin the case of non-woven fabrics, by dyeing or otherwise coloring thefabric web in alternate sections.

The rectangular web 4 is provided along one of the longitudinal edges 10with a plurality of spaced male snap fastener elements 12 which arepreferably located on the center line of the alternate color sections 6.

One of the transverse edges 14 of the fabric web 4 is provided with aplurality of male snap fastener elements 12.

' The second longitudinal edge 16 of the rectangular web 4 is providedwith a plurality of spaced female snap fastener elements 18 which areoffset with respect to the male snap fastener elements 12 being locatedapproximately on the center line of the alternating colored sections 8.A plurality of female snap fastener elements 18 are also attached alongthe second transverse edge 20 of the rectangular web 4.

The new scarves 2 are adapted to be worn in any fashion in whichscarves, muffiers or similar articles are normally employed. FIGURE 2illustrates use of the new scarf as an item of wearing apparel by simplydraping it around the neck of the wearer 22. Snap fasteners oncomplementary edges may be used to hold the scarves in wearing positionwhich may assume many other forms than that shown in FIGURE 2, e.g.,encircling the neck, head or waist of the wearer.

The new scarves may be quickly assembled by a group of wearers to formvarious design panels for display purposes, particularly at footballgames, basketball games and similar sporting events which have acheering section. Hence, the new scarves serve, in addition to theirfunction as an item of wearing apparel, to identify the wearer as one ofa particular group and permit the wearer to engage in coordinatedcheering or display activities. With proper direction of a cheerleaderor other director, the new scarves may be used to create spectacu lardisplays, particularly when viewed in a football stadium or other sportsarena having tiered seats which may be seen by other attendants at thesporting event.

One form of display item which can be created from the new scarves isshown in FIGURE 4. Hence, a large panel 24 has been formed by joiningtogether a plurality of the rectangular webs 4 along both theirlongitudinal and transverse edges by connecting together the snapfastener elements as shown in FIGURE 3. It will be observed that becauseof the staggered arrangement of the snap fasteners 12 and 18 in thecolored sections of the web 4, the display panel 24 has a checkerboardeffect. This preferred form of the fastening elements has been found toproduce a spectacular display effects when a large panel is created froma dozen or more of the new scarves.

In another preferred form of the scarves, the spacing of the snapfasteners along longitudinal edges 10 and 16 may be madeto coincide withthe spacing of the fasteners along the transverse edges 14 and 2d,permitting displays to be formed in which a transverse edge is fastenedto the longitudinal edge of a separate scarf.

Referring to FIGURES and 6, the new scarves may use zippers instead ofsnap fasteners as the joining means. A preferred form of scarfcomprising a zipper employs a separable zipper element 26 fixed to oneof the transverse edges 28 of the scarf 30 and a complementary zippersection 32 fixed to the other transverse edge 34 of the scarf. Male snapmembers 12 are fixed at spaced intervals along one of the longitudinaledges 36 of the scarf 30, the other longitudinal edge 38 is providedwith spaced female snap members 18. This modified form of scarf has thesnap members 12 and 18 positioned in pairs along transverse linesparallel to the transverse edges 28 and 34.

The formation of a display panel for cheering or other purposes from theform of scarf shown in FIGURE 5 is illustrated in FIGURE 6. The separatescarves 30 are joined along the transverse edges by uniting the zipperelements 26 and 32 in known manner and by also fastening together, inknown fashion, the snap elements 12 and 18 on the longitudinal edges ofthe scarves. The scarves may be of one solid color or of any coloreddesigns. For special effects, the cheerleader or display director mayhave wearers use the scarves of particular chosen colors which may befixed in an overall design which will produce a unitary panel having acolored design formed by the proper placement of separate coloredscarves in the overall panel.

The use of buttons and buttonholes in place of snap fasteners, slide orzip fasteners, Velcro fasteners or the like in the new scarves isillustrated in FIGURES 7 and 8. Here, the transverse edge 40 of thescarf 42 is provided with a plurality of spaced buttons 44 while theother transverse edge 46 has a plurality of buttonholes 48 properlyplaced to receive the buttons 44. Similarly, one of the longitudinaledges 50 is provided with a plurality of spaced buttons 44 and the otherlongitudinal edge 52 has formed therein a plurality of buttonholes 48 sospaced as to properly receive the complementary buttons 44 on the otherlongitudinal edge 50. This construction permits a display panel to becreated as shown in FIGURE 8 by joining together separate scarves alongboth their transverse and longitudinal edges.

Having described the new items of wearing apparel of the invention whichare called Cheerscarves in 4. sufficient detail to enable personsskilled in the art to make and use the same and to show the manner inwhich these new scarves differ from related items available heretofore,the invention to be protected by United States Letters Patent is definedin the following claims:

1. A combination item of wearing apparel and flexible display elementfor use in combination with similar elements in forming a coordinatedlarge flexible display panel of a plurality of elements which comprisesa rectangular flexible web having parallel longitudinal edges andparallel transverse edges formed with a plurality of transversealternating colored rectangular sections, a plurality of spacedfastening elements fixed along one of said longitudinal edges along thetransverse center lines of colored sections of one color, a plurality ofsimilarly spaced complementary fastening elements fixed along the otherof said longitudinal edges on the transverse center lines of coloredsections of another color, said fastening elements permitting aplurality of said com-,

bination items to be fastened together along their longitudinal edges,fastening means fixed to one of said transverse edges and complementaryfastening means fixed to the other of said transverse edges to permit aplurality of said combination items to be fastened'together along theirtransverse edges, the resulting fastened plurality of References Citedby the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,720,654 10/ 1955 Stephenson 2-693,079,611 3/ 1963 Boryszewski 2-89 FOREIGN PATENTS 657,985 3/ 1938Germany. 258,300 4/ 1928 Italy.

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.

RICHARD J. SCANLAN, JR., Examiner.

1. A COMBINATION ITEM FOR WEARING APPAREL AND FLEXIBLE DISPLAY ELEMENTFOR USE IN COMBINATION WITH SIMILAR ELEMENTS IN FORMING A COORDINATEDLARGE FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL OF A PLURALITY OF ELEMENTS WHICH COMPRISESA RECTANGULAR FLEXIBLE WEB HAVING PARALLEL LONGITUDINAL EDGES ANDPARALLEL TRANSVERSE EDGES FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSEALTERNATING COLORED RECTANGULAR SECTIONS, A PLURALITY OF SPACEDFASTENING ELEMENTS FIXED ALONG ONE OF SAID LONGITUDINAL EDGES ALONG THETRANSVERSE CENTER LINES OF COLORED SECTIONS OF ONE COLOR, A PLURALITY OFSIMILARITY SPACED COMPLEMENTARY FASTENING ELEMENTS FIXED ALONG THE OTHEROF SAID LONGITUDINAL EDGES ON THE TRANSVERSE CENTER LINES OF COLOREDSECTIONS OF ANOTHER COLOR, SAID FASTENING ELEMENTS PERMITTING APLURALITY OF SAID COMBINATION ITEMS TO BE FASTENED TOGETHER ALONG THEIRLONGITUDINAL EDGES, FASTENING MEANS FIXED TO ONE OF SAID TRANSVERSEEDGES AND COMPLEMENTARY FASTENING MEANS FIXED TO THE OTHER OF SAIDTRANSVERSE EDGES TO PERMIT A PLURALITY OF SAID COMBINATION ITEMS TO BEFASTENED TOGETHER ALONG